aero updates are limited to 1 per season , I'm not sure what you mean by running gear and Cal has LCR electronics engineers who I'm pretty sure wouldn't attempt to slow down their rider , there is very little you can change during the season nowadays even all the gearbox ratios are chosen and fixed pre season , without resorting to some form of skullduggery I don't see that its possible for HRC to scupper Cals chances , the only thing that could really make a difference is if the HRC electronics engineers come up with something that improves the bike and don't pass that information on , that wouldn't hurt Cal but it would give the HRC riders an advantage over him .